Heng ar…you left army, arbo, many locals teenager boy would had
suffered under siao lau inche.
But tia kong SAF now bo lang, wanting to recruit
back those lau lj kia NCOs or Officers to train today chao ah gua
peng.
Whatever life you had in the past is history, what you can do it
learn from it but never dwell on it.
Yeah this is true. The police is also getting old timers to come
back and serve in various positions. Don't have to be full time
policeman if don't want to - just be a trainer. Conduct lessons,
give advice. Or if want to return - do as a desk job - clear old
cases or the back log. Get your last pay plus retain benefits. For
those on pension scheme - get your pension plus full pay. And of
course retain your rank.
Or if want a change then go into Prisons, CNB or even CPIB and
do intel work mainly. Be the link between them and the SPF.
It's great now for ex-civil servants - so many options and
treated much better than when in service.
This is a topic I'll be covering in my blog about the main
problem with policemen nowadays - too much promotions - so no one
is doing the basic jobs.
CP Ng is wrong - there's no need for 1000 extra police - it's
the kind of police you employ. Take for eg; Geylang - why the
problem - well everyone is now a Sgt minimum, after a few years
S/Sgt or SSS. You think a S/Sgt or SSS still want to go around
doing beat duty?
He will think, now I got rank, why should I be doing this kind
of low end jobs, walking up and down, patrolling and checking
people. I want a desk job, I want to supervise.
Thats why in the UK police until today there's only 2 junior
ranks - Constable and Sgt.
Constables do the normal everyday duty and Sgts lead them. No
such thing as Cpl, SSGt, SSS Stn Insp etc.
Pay the Constables well - pay them Sgt pay even and pay Sgts an
SI pay. Rank should be given out slowly and on merit, not lelong
like it's here now. If the pay is good, people will stay.
